Three ways to engage with AI in educational contexts: Interact, Create, and Apply¶

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Description¶

Building on the research-based 4 As framework for families' AI literacy dimensions, the brief distinguishes "three ways to engage with AI in educational contexts: Interact, Create, and Apply." This taxonomy organizes how learners and educators can engage with AI, and understanding AI is described as a technical knowledge set that applies and extends computer science and computational thinking practices such as algorithmic thinking, pattern recognition, abstraction, and decomposition.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Grounded in the research-based 4 As framework for families' AI literacy dimensions

Constraints¶

• Distinguished for educational contexts specifically

Target Learners¶

• learners
• educators

Target Learning Objectives¶

• engaging with AI through interaction, creation, and application in educational contexts

Claims¶

Related Theories¶

• Three commonplace digital equity gaps for AI and emerging educational technologies: access, design, and use
• AI Literacy Framework of three interconnected Modes of Engagement: Understand, Evaluate, and Use
• Three Types of Use: Interacting with AI, Creating with AI, and Problem Solving with AI

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Key Sources¶

• A Look at AI Literacy, and AI and Digital Equity. (2024). Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.org/2024/02/20/how-ai-for-education-can-address-digital-equity/